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m R.FFRAFF
COCAINE SLAVES
Shoplifters. Pickpockets and
Petty Thieves Treated with
Diminishing Doses of the
Drug in Prison.
MEDICAL REVIEW IN FIGHT
points Out Need of National
j,aw to Make Accounting for
Every Ounce of Dan
gerous Stuff Sold?
More Arrests.
I maile j ester.l.i v
ln tne Brooklyn campaign agatnal the
pacaiae evil, and in Manhattan a
WOBUI. v B*lCt*d ..1" cocaine
atfrrny lasl month . ai ? for ;
ten'1 ondltloa
:' ireed to i?>st- ,
... until ni \. W .dii.s
da> Ii ? rioii ii devetoped
portlon of the |
tn th- '
vttrs
jha. ? ta r^sre.-t ta
? . e - dh* losed l >>
Th.- T:: ? D ar<- stirrin;z \
up clvi and profeaakmal bodlaa la cvi
d*nt ' thal th* cturaal j
al Review of Re- ;
idtnfj editorial
te ih- ''ll.. Reaposialblllty
for Drug Rahtta."
Henry Haun. the voi.uk man arr?at*<l
tn i>r- ohlyn, was held without bail for
fjrth-1 examinati'.n by lB_a_iatrate
i **?nue i ? ? > l i - ???
(o:rt. He was arrested hy Patrolman
l ho had decided after tratchlng
..iar actloa* for a few minutcs
? ? i mlnad H. In'a
ll vindicated w!;c; al th>
poli. e station Haun was f
tble qu.mtity of : rn.
n The p: :
-venty and his h'<m
avenue.
I. th* asuaJ pt** that a*
?
that th. ol hl
m aa*. bul th^ fa. t that both
I police Inveatlgatora ha**
ises of cocaine
lictims in the MCtlon where Haun
?*? - -d Bfi and that they were ll
ppltad with enough "coke" to
?m "charged ui,"?which i> th<
(j ? i w;; h
to drtn_-?t*d tb* j'oliceman ?o
'hat he had found at least ow
= treet sellers" of the neia.hl.or
hood.
trata Voorhee* apparantly
Bfreed with him. for on the police
mat.'s testimony he held Haun with?
out hail.
Woman Makes Scene in Court.
itherine De LorCTUO, who was
I OH November lf last of 11
? -elling cocaine. was hrousht to
Judge Swann's part ol Qenai*
? ? rn the Tatnb* yesterday for
M ? A* ahe reached the ronidor
learlir.c Into the courtr.?>m ahe fell fiat
an'1 baajai to acreani and
pa i Btna ol hj
?? * aloch. of the
' Ri<~h;:rd OlBIUUd, a
?prl ? Umt who ,\ er* e*4*orttn*j
? ? calm her Rc*
? ,wd from al) part of
Urta Huildinp. Kdvard
| ? ? ? UM ro-irt
ill for Dr. Frank
the Toml?s ph: Blciai The
THE best ]
tobaccos
blendedtosuit
the taste of
those who
know, accounts
for the enormous
sale of FATIMA
Cigarettes. We
can give you that
extra quality be
cause the pack
age is simple and
inexpensive.
'?Distindhely InJMdual"
EDITH ST. CLAIR
V\ ho won her suit for $25,000 whieh. she bnwight agaiiwt A. L Er
lan_er, the theatrical manager.
woman contimi' and cksW
at-the court attanda ' rabu
lance araa rOih d from l H
? Hospital. S'rap;..
unied 1 acroa
Blgha ? ? rombe. Ra< h In her
.-alrned do** Her
: ned untlr w
day.
: ricted of aolMn
to Thomai Wll ro employed b:
the poUco, an Aaguel H last. wVhn
. Bten who e* aped from
tht House of Detentlon a few a
BgQ
i lanlel E Klnr.talL th prol l
looked np Mr- !>? Lon
?i. reportt 'hflt
for belh
that ahe was not heraelf ? real rendei
of , ncaine. H< found that ahe a
wldow, with alererj cl lldren, raim ?
r->n\ Bvc yeora to twenty-on< Her
boane is nt No. i?'> Weei Bnd areata
Her nelghbor? BOOOk WOH nf her
Mr Kimb-iii found, hcwever, that one
of her ?on? had beoal orroetod ?everel
times for seRing cocaine. although a
or.vlctlon waa never reCOrfled acnlnst
him. lt is poBBible. ln Mr. Kimhall s
opinton, that on August 17 Mrs 1?.
Loren/.o was lubetltutlng for ber aon,
anu that in ord r tO BhleM him she did
not tell all the cin otnetancoB Bjsyroond
ing her an
Tombs Riff-Raff Victtms.
In thla ' onna tlon II di reloped Ind
dentalry that the eocalne usera conftned
in the Torabo and thla i laoa Includea
leoree of prlaoaere who are m jaii f..r
such crimes as thleving. DOCket-plcklng
BhopUftlag, have to be treatod lc
the phyalcians there with ? system of
gradaally redueed doeea of their tavor
Me druK.
Th*. woman prisoners. accordlng to
Mr Ki-nbnii. oeually aapreea prlde
vio ii they are able t" rnake a rahotan*
Ii the amoonl of cocalna
that their s\stcmH demand. bttl the ff.on
who are addicted to iU ?
,ar? very little for tha thls
treatment gives then to break away
from the habit.
Ii. the current issue oi "Th< Hed
lt, \ i< rw of Rcvicws.'' tho leadlng ? l?
toriai. entltled "Th. Reepo BlMllty for
r>ru.. Habil deacrlbaa bow a can
,. .,.!, preot rlbed morphlne 10 ro
,?.iTe.t doaea for ? trlfllng allment, one
wMck Bhoutd have been eured by other
mfthod.-. it ghrea InertauBjeao, wlthout
nanaea ol a profaoaor of a nuedlcal coJ
and one of his studtnts. both of
whon bocame bebitaal drug oeera
through eareless OOO ln a tomporary
and eootbiuee:
The newspapers and magazine
almOBt tverv day glvlng the detalls of
simllar cases A largs proportion of
the crlmlnal rlasses appear 10 be addh't. d
to drug habit.-. Kroni l'arls comes the
reporta oi an epldemlc of cocaine drunk
enneBs with vast Increaae ln conaequcnt
Insanlty, etc. The apj.alitng dageneratlon
anu mi'sery of the Bouth.rn negro ls sald
to depend largeiy upon tha general uej
calne Hosplt-l, InatitutlonaJ and
sanatorium Btatlstlca ahow many of the
"upper classes" everywhere have found
th' only relief from aufferlng Is ln tha
secret use of drugs forbldden by law
It is estlmated that neurly two mllllon
Amer'lcanH are the Blavea of drug addi' -
tlon Doctors and nurses unfortunately
are too frequently vlctims, though know
Uik their dangerous pursult.
National Law Needed.
??Forbldden by UWj-ah, there's the
finir. r on the pulsc! The sale of theae
drugH i?? lt 1- true. absolutoly forbldd. n
hv law except upon a phyalcian a pre
vermtlon but who haa ever been pun
i hed for break.ng the law? It ta proh
'I'he that the law has not Bervantslenoagn
to liscover or prevent the vlolatlons ol
the aw ev.rv _8) ,.nd BTOry Wliei v. ln
"st .esort that part ol tha public
V. , iims k.i.t it^ s.if-t.-ttaiiit and
:;.'l must suiport the in-uie and crim
loaUTwS have'iost selt-resp-ct and BOlf.
"rl0are feW Big. '-'"?-' "'
,,;?;,,.?.. degradatlon as thls of
mc a_e in th" number of "self-dopers
1 Muit the lawmekera and eaecutora
of'the hiv t,a,:. phyalciana the, duty?
T fault Uea eVlati th< mlnortt, of
drugglaia and phyalelaaa, the great ma<
? Il( ooth proftasloas. '" courae, ??
i_? ?i?__eaV of crtm ? miat at.d
m_, ? 'w ivi f these drUgfl must Bell 10
S?_ii druaaiau. ?lthoui th. legall
,'.,' nor or pre-crlptlon ol . p
-, . ,, h i . i- ;. ource o dangel . and
do*unbtk.? u -" '"'"? f
T I u?>lt? <" i'"1
', nf.ui their gulld om who
f ,v.? u trajtor to their rauN Mi
,. ahiuld alsc hunt
??m their ranks tho- trtminal memheni
f , | . isrrln.inat.d> '" "jr
.1,, i ..i lt dn gs, ?' *.'?
except for theraix. and proiaaalonally
"JoTui'lonTThe dltncyli II . ln the
^fe ?Prc5uS ' ' .iR!
?rjowtrle? tocftcaunii.
If all m uiiifai turers were re?; dr- 1 to
t? ??!. .nitput and patrona; tf all
? a llal ol u ? ?
i. ? ii from th. m. if ?
.... ,i of hia n t-ii
. ,ie.-k
omm< i, lal .i>; ? e*/ll.
.......
ol Indii . <
? etl ? and : ln
.? druaa would b4 known
.... dea llj '
wouM li'-rom* ' Tlm Indiv
i hl ? ?? aai
? tton
B
GAYNOR NOT A DEMOCRAT?
Rumor That He Did Not Enroll
Last Fall.
Mayor Oaynor did not anrpll *a a
Demotrral arh*B he r?jrist?>red la.-t fail.
u ..rdini: to a rumnr wht h BaM ''elr.ir
. r. _ ahanl ln Brooklyn polM
... atchod for *a
up from on- famtliar aith th* *n
rolmeni book* aow bstag made _p hy
the Board of attflctloaja
Mr (Jnynor was *|*Ct*d Mr. r on a
ajhl D*rnoeratJc tft*f**t, aad what
his objecl ?is in not enrolltn* aa ?
D*m< ral inainu mnrh sp.-< ulation.
Th ? only indtcatlon from th* Kayor
that lo di-i no( aBroB araa roeontly
mad* in .i ?? ??'.!> d atat*rn*nl thal b*
had "no party bahlnd him."
What hiK moiive was in tatlhaf to
enroll *rlll proaa an intere?nnK topk
..f cotrveraatlon when th* plan* <<t th*
fusionists are made kBOWfl and It
would not aurprlM some of th* Brook
lyn laadera if Mr. QayBor laauad a
Btat*m*nt aoon dcflalnf his position in
ragard to the next monlctpal etectloB.
SPOILS SYSTEM DOOMED
No Return to Old Theory, Civil
Service League Is Told.
By Tetagi
Ifllaraak**. r> ? " ??<? ni al m**tin?r
Of H,e National ' 'Ivil BeiTkB FWorm
League closed to?alght with ;. b*j*ra*l
Charlea W Eltot a/aa r*-*l*et*d president
t..-.uy ??111?-r oaaoera choaen irsr* le??
rfiarv RotMVi *V Be* h*r, of N>w York;
aaalatanl aeerata aorg* T ICeye*, of
N*W York. and ?t.a.r.iian .,t ii.<" .?..uncil.
Rob4 rl i i Jcak*, of Phlnatlolpbav
i onfldaBf* m Fi. B?f< nt-*l*ct W
?opport the m*rtt prtadpla araa ex
pr*aa*? Secretary Beleher *anoune*d
th< re.eipt of a lett?-r from '.??*. nior Wi!
i-on sayinK tha' he tl.oucht it **!*?? not
to aaaairlata hia aaaaa **itii *nj a
tion, thougn hl Intereat bn and ayaapathy
with tn- \*oik of th* league here i
and eanaot ba *bat4 d
a reeofUtJon urgtag naora thorouga ap
pllcatlon of th* ni.rit Bystem untll *poiis
praetl aa ahall be root*d from goaarn
tn. nt v." adopt*d by the Bague Tha
eitnnalon of lassified tanrlee la tha ?*>
eoutlve dapaitiaaal of the porarnmeat. as
mrped bj Praoadanl 1_H, **di. it B poim
??(! OUt, pUl B stop to the polltlcal B nvity
o| uflia ahnldarB if aaBarag mi^ are *n
forood.
'I'ne federal law re-pilrltiK tlM (OdOtaJ
Crril lervlee Cornmlaataa to m*ka a aya
t.-tiiiiti, effort lo B*oa promotn-t,. nnd even
oontlnoanc* ha aacvtoi aolelj oa oa*
elenej ?ad Baerll "H> ceBBia*Bd*d, and
COBfrea* BB* Ulgad t* provide ade.iuate
apprOPI?llons to ll** effert to this pro
* Btaa
The leagaa again argoa the pa-e-ace of
ti,.. peaillin blll for Iraproremaal of tho
forelsn BOTTl** BBd *PP***8 *fl pref.-r
ences of IndiviUuals or of apeclal **aa***8
in Bttktng fO**raira*nl appointments.
The appll.ation oi ihe n.erit system to
higher atat* ofncers ara - apt*taod by
UafOld N Saxton. ' h:.| .xatiun.T of the
IL u fora aXat* Ctrtl s.rvi.-. Cnmaila
h,,ii abo **k*d na*tb*r thcra coadd not
i?. ??? ayateaaatl. .-...ordination of our
.-..?hool ay*t*tn ani tha ctvfl m nrl <? tya
I.,. >ituation in New 1 er* ln re
j.uili |o >h, I... nt ayetena aa appMad to
pate oahoera ia *? faaaoaro:
i-ir-i i'imIt "u preeeni gaiverntn?nt*f
.,; ,|? hi*l er p"-iti ma mual re
n'i iln tili'ia *lfl?*d oi ex-mpl
'"k1;, ,,,, Th< merll Hvntem I* alreadj
.-..,,,?,,.! to rei i.c-i,.r BUta po*t
Ul-iTir,i Tha <'i\!| B*onrle4i Carnmloolaa ?'
?Miw oraaniacd ?n.l Kjulpped U .?-?.oly and
,?V,i e_amln*tlona far any esaaa
-.'." nriia, h numbei ?-: oewly -r.
.... ,,.,.,.;,..,> .iii.i ? ihera ln ih ?
; ,(1_ \.,.| pventuall) ??? r*turaod t.. me
nee'raW
a vii.- -ii ? ' '" ,,,r;"
retum to ti,
' '' " .ii , .liti ti.. I.. bl
rfi-SM
' ?i.. Indeed. l thfnk lt
. aervlc4 i .w*. *
EDIH ST. CLAIR WINS
KLAW 8 ERLANGER SUIT
Jury After Half Hour Gives
Verdict for Full Amount,
$22,500 Being Due.
DECIDES CONTRACT VALID
Actress's Lawyer Defends Max
Steuer, Called Blackmailer
by Erlanger?Jerome
to Appeal.
i
After liatenlng for a full court week to j
the aalt of Miss Edlth St. Clalr. an
actreBB. against the theatrical ftrm of
Rtaw & Krlanger. to enforce a contract
for the payment of I-.000 in yearly instal?
ment? of C.'iOO, the jury in the case de
llberated yeaterday for about half an hour
and brought ln a verdict for the plaintlff.
derldlng tnat the contract. on whlch there
ls stlll due |?,50o. waa valid.
Wllliam Travers Jerome made the usual
motlon to set aslde the verdict and for a
new trial. whieh Justiee Pendleton de
nled. whereupon Mr. Jerome gave notlce
of an appeal from the verdict.
The nulck decision of the Jury waa ap- 1
pareatty a surprlse to Edmund L
Moonoy, counael for Mlas St. Clalr. for
he had told her that the Jury would not
return for some time. She left the court
room and was not there when the Jury j
complet^d Its work.
Mr Jerome adl.errd to his determina
tlon expressed on Thursday that he would
not sum up at all for the defence unless
he could have the last aay. bo his case
went to the jury wlthout the usual final
Bpeei h. Mr. Jerome made a motlon when
Mr Mooney had flnlBhed his summing up
that he be permltted to follow, whlch tho
court denled.
The suave Mr. Mooney. who during the |
week had at no tline permltted hlmself
te gal excited over the bltter denuncla- '
ttOn that Abraham I.. Erlanger had de
livered against Max D Steuer. the lawyer
that obtained tha slgnlng of the contract
by Klaw ? Erlanger in beh'alf of Miss
Bt I'iair, reaerved hia oratorlcal efforts
fOf the nnal ecene of the hotly cont
sult.
Goss to Defence of Steuer.
Wlth humor and sarcaam. denunelation
.mil ;athoe. he Iald the caae before tha
jt:r\ He BhOWl BatOfO VfH tha
|< made by Mr KrlanF'r that M
ier had blaekmailed the theatrical
.xer Into substltutlng the contract
-nei ..ii for an ora! agreement under
kflO tl Clalr w... to re *\-.- V ..
for life, and tried to dtaabUM the
mlnds of tha twelve men Bf an\ Idra that
Mr BJteuer i,ad bMbad the jury that BO
quttted former Senator Frank J. Oardner.
w.is tried on the charge of brlbery.
Mt MaaatOT said some BeeeOa weald grea
? h) the 'hargef and Mr Steuer
would beat the s'lgma through HfO H
No matter what Mr Steuer Bte) do
be aevee caa prwee that such a cherge
is no' true unless persons will araruc It
far lliaaaaalTaa h* n^rr can rid
htmseif of the charge "
Hut Mr. Mooney aald that he could <?n
vltic. the jury of tha BbOMldllf ef the
gt aad petaied out Ibel oardner a ia
?i*d. an-i that. therefore, tha whok
Jury muat hav- been brlhe.l if the ;.
satlon agalnat Mr. Steuer was to be ?r
i t . The attorney added that all 104
rnotaei ta tba IJaOted sXataa eeuM not
nade the twetea peeo \ioiate their
...iths
\l Moeoey also took up the -harge of
Mt Krlanger. tha' Mr. Steuer. as coun-'-l
t.,r Mr* Krlanger in her sult fOf ?' dt?
roree, had QBaaad her to commit p-r
jury. The attorney ahowed that the
pi.unttfT In n dlvnr ?? suit eOOld lestlfy
bta or her marrl.iC' (?? the de
f. tidant. and. therefor.-. there BOOld not
? BO any perjury.
Saya Defendants Sought Publicity.
Tha atterneji said ba bohosod thei the
defendanta aren wttlkBg that there BhoaM
be a verdtet against them. and that the
was in fartheroaoa of ? plan for
preaa notlei Mr Ifeeaay aald, tn caoafag:
I-idiit Mr Krlanger almoat adnilt
that" He told you thut he would aettl-'
wlth Miss St <"lalr In a mlnute lf h
lidn't he? If he had. th?
eaaa would nerer have eeaaa to trial and
.. ||d not m.ike the statements that
h. nia-h hera DM ka aaal these Btate
pjUbltahed? I asked him dlrectlv.
and here ls his anawer: I hope thel BJ)
?tasaaaeata were p-bUahed aa aad down
th. land What does a man make a state?
ment for?'
'Klaw A Krlanger have to maintain B
reputation Their wiltfn WOt*d has to
be worth BoaaetlOOBK Vou can B8B Mi
Krlanger saying te his la.h and gentl.
men frirnds: '1 am not aa dirty as that,
I want to |mv. but 1 . BOM I am not I
btlker of women.' If any case ln New
York ever deserved Bpaody lustl.e th?
h tha ? aau
a
SEEK PAY FOR AUTO VICTIM
Court May Make Rich Woman Auto
ist Responiible for Bill.
So,,,. nlllr N 1. DOB I -Tnaane from
an lniiry to hl.s h.ad. ^istalned when he
ui ma down by nn autoiuol.il, ..?nM b> |
||n Uilliam Peet, ? WOOltlry resldent efl
Heriuirdi-vllle. charles PoIIock. Btghteaal
i,id, wat about to become a charge j
on Som.raet founty when Judge fas
ordered an _*/eet_fatloa to decide tha
iiabinty of Mra Peet fot 0>e raetoteaeawe
,,f tha youth .n an inaane asylum.
Poiiocfc aaa a faeoahaod, and ?a> ao
his way from work when the BCcMaitf oc
euir-d. Mrs. I>olck, a sister of I'ollo. k.
teattfled that after h.r brothcr wa UV
jored last June ha arai BaceoaeiouB for
aeak H? beoaote a deaav rooa
lunatlc and had to bl seilt to an asylupi.
'I'h. ultOeaa sald FOUoek'fl 1088X1*088 were
poor and could not paj fot hi- maln
tenaaci in tha asylum She testuied Mra
Peet had patd her father (M m settlement
Of the oaae. but that she had returne.i th
monej to Mra 1?0.
PEACE DINNEr" TO BARONESS
Bertha von Suttner Will Be the Guest
of Honor.
ti,.- Nou Vork Poaea locloly arW give
a dlaaer in botaer of the _s_eaaaa Bajrtha
ran gaiiaer. of Vtenoa, ?? the HotM
Aeter Monday evenlng at 7 o'elock The
baroneaa reoalred tha Mobll Peaoa Prtad
ln i?*.
Vmutig th apeakera wll' be Andrew < ar
neai< tne baroneaa ?on suttner. .Mcholas
Murrav BuUer, Joaepb H. ChOBts and
Mrs Anna Garlln Bpeneai
The baroness will dellv.i an addnsas
on International peace ln Karl Hall. ?'<>
lumbta I'niverslty. ^ edneedav She will
talk under the nuspbes of the universtt.v
Bnd th. New Vork Peace Boeiety. Tw ?
public b.111 be adtr.itt.d Wlthout carOa. I
T TO
I
Surprised in Shirtsleeves, He
Receives Visitors to the
"Shack" with a Smile.
WRIGHT HAS WITNESSES
Son and Another to Testify He
Was Misquoted Regarding
Friend's Innocence in News
paper Interviews.
Elghteen memhers of the "John Dea"
grand Jury pald a visit to Charles H.
Hyde in the Tomhs yesterday. They
found him seated hefore a table in hls
room, and with him at the table sat
Mlchael J. Drummond. CommisslonBT
of Charities. Perfunctory greetlngs
were exchanged between the two men
and their unexpeeted visitors, and the
latter passed on to lnspect other cor
n*rs of the City Prison.
The prison authorities gave the grand
Jurors the "freedom" of the Tomhs.
Led hy their foreman and Asslstant
Diatrlct Attorney Clark, and guided .>>?
fienior Warden Fallon and Warden
Hanley. they flled through the corrt
dors. maklng no .?omments. Th?y
found Hyde ln the "Cummins sha< k."
where he has been conflned stnce the
flrst day of hls lncarceration.
This they ascertained to he a tW*
atory frame building; one hlg room
downstalrs used as a Btoreroom for
drug* and three rooms upstatrs. one of
which Hyde occupied. the other two re
malning empty and unlocked. Two
elothes closets opened off one of tha
empty rooms, ,-losets pretty well filled
with wearing appare] (>n this floor
also was a bathroom.
Find Hyd* in Shirtaleave*.
In Hyde's room the grand Jurors dis
eovered an ordinary iron bed, two
straigh' li.u ked chairs and a large
table lltt^red with p-ipers and law
hooks The wtndows lookad out. upon
the prison yard and had no bars in
them. The floor was uncarpeted
!)?? ,)>?. who **.as in his shirtsleeves.
donned his -oat with a smtle.
They \ isit-d next the , .?!! from whi.'h
BaynotO* Forshrey, the murderer, es
(japad. This eell la in the solltary eon
flnement section of the prison. apart
from the maln building. An attendant
showed the callers how Forshrey had
leaped up and caught u l.oard in th?
roaf of his .-ell, from whlch he had
wrlggled up Into the ventilntor shatt
and then climhed down into the car
pent.T shop. In the carpenter shop, it
was explalned. the prlsoner had used a
heavj piank as a hatterlng ram, and
with it had knocked looee one of the
hars ln a wlndow leadlng to the eourt
*nrd. Throogh this wlndow he escaped
Int,. the eourtyard and over the wall tn
tcrnporary freedom.
In th.tr trlp through the main_prlsnii
the grand foror* OBBM a,-r<'ss Joseph
C Robln BBOtad before the taMe in his
eall Bcrfbbttng tndnatrtoualy. rsuaiiy
at thla time. about noon, Robln is en
gag*.l ln the room f^t asidr- for him
In the .'rlminal i.uirts Kullding
Th<* gra*.d Jury had intended to *x
aratne m, re wltnesses after returnlna
to the .'riminal (",,urts Huilding. but
when lunehei.n was over It was deemed
hest to adjourn untll Monday morninc
In tlvmornlngthe.it* .-dltor and nl*ht
cltv adttor of -The World" had t*BV
tlfled to th- falth they pul in the truth
fulness ot Eduardo Hreker, the reporter
who quoted William .1. Wright. Deputy
.'.immlssioner of < orrection, as BB) ing
that he. Wrivht, had rvcelv*d from
Tomba tl_rti*B an a, ,-ount of a con
versiitluii ov.rheard betueen Rohin and
his sister. which le.l liim to helleve his
friend HyftV Innoeont
Wright Produce* Witnaasa*.
\\ npht, arfeO has vigorously denie.l
and*r oatll that h- ever said anv such
thliuf. eam* d.-uu to the huildlnp earl*-.
a< coiiip.iuio.l by Martin C Wright. his
son, and John j Martin BBcretary t"
FSdward La?ktasky, BOcreCary of Btate.
He BUld Martin and his son had b**n
in th* room with him when Urek.r
came to see him, and they wanted to
go on the staml bafQf* th> grand Jury
to d>n* that he had ever said to
Hreker anything whlch the latter could
conatru* int<> a Btatemani of the kimi
he prlnted
Martin, WriKht said. had come down
!rom Albany voluutaril- to testify. The
Deput) I 'ommlssioner was proportior
at-ly put out when the foreman of the
grand Jury falled to answer hls re.iuest
that hls two companlons be allowed to
teli their story. They will go on the
staml on Monday, however. it was
l.arned, whether in n'sponsc or not to
aii Indlgnai't letter penned to the fore?
man by Wright could not be uacer
tai.led.
It seems that the Wright honie, at
N... 1.1 Lenox HVflHl', was the BOOSM
last Sunday evening of a llttle party
wh.n Mrek-^r called upon the Deputy
4?ommlssioner. Martin Wright, hls son,
said he remembcred that while they
\*.ro ..U at dinner the telephone rang
and his father g<>t up from the table
to answer lt. He heard hls father say:
"I can't qulte understand you. You'd
better come up to see me."
A llttle later, he said, Breker ap?
peared. Young Wright remained in
the room while his father talked to
Hrekcr. and .V.artin, Laz.ansky's secre?
tary, who made one /ot the Wright
party, stood in the doorway, lnterested
in the interview. they said, because he
had been a newspaper man himaelf.
They said Breker jotted down four
memoranda tn a notebook. but they
denled Deputy I'ommisstoner Wright
had said a thing to the reporter about
the ; ossession of evidence which had
led him to believe in Hyde'a Innocence.
What he did say, they remernbered,
waa, "As a citizen and as an indtvidual
1 have the same rlght aa the four fiu
prcmc Court justkes who testincd for
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hin, on the stand to say that 1 beUeve
Hyde to be Innocent "
?Will Hyde be tratisferred to an ordl
narv OOUr Mr Wrlght waa asked.
"He will not." replled the man who
has charge of the Tombs.
"How do you square Hyde's present
treatment wlth Rule 1. whlch ls pla
carded about the prison""
Rule Hardahip to Hyde.
"I square it with Rule 1_," said he.
pulllng a pempblOt containing th^
prison rules out of his pocket and
turning to the pofl containing Rule 1_,
whlch hnd been carefuliy niarked.
Thls rule reads.
when erraslnn requlrea that a prison*r
-hould he vtsited at B time other than the
? ? iiar bwslnesa hoora, or when occaaton
arlacfl m whlch the enforcement of any
i la her-in set forth would be an lnJu8?
tlee or a hardahip to any inmate. applha
i:,.-i eaa he made t.. the eomralaetoaer <r
u.irden for a temporary susoenalon of
such ru'< ln that partt^ular time. and
prompi action will be taken In the matter.
"Did Hyde mnkc appllcatlon to you
for the favots he has recelved?" he was
asked.
"Vea" And the Deputy Commis
Bioner brought the interview to an
ahrupt close by hastcning away.
Wrlght te8tifled before the grand Jury
.,n Wednesday, lt ls sald. that no one
had ' ordered" him to show Hyde spe?
cial consideratlon.
"Did Mayor (}aynor instruct you in
this matter?" is one of the questions
aileged to have been asked him, to
whlch he ls reported to have replled
wlth an emphatlc "No."
The grand Jury will begln on Mrni
day hearing the testimony of the army
of present and former Tombs keeper*
lt has suhpcenaed. These men. it in
expected. will be interrogated n-gard
lng the admintstration of the Tombs
stretchlng over a perlod of four years.
After the tour of the Tombs Thomas
K. Wood, the foreman, and Alfred C.
Hond, the secretary to the grand jun,
had a conferenca with Justiee Goff ln
the latter's chambcrs, laating twent-*
mtnutea Aa a reeutt the report wa*
spread abcoad that the Jury would maloi
a presentmeiit of Its oplnion of condl?
tlons in the Tombs on Monday.
FAVORS CR1MINAL BUREAD
Dr. Koren Urges Study of Meth
ods of Treating Prisoners.
Syracuse. Dec. 6?The erention of a
stat-' bureau of criminal atatlatlcs was
suggested this afternoon at the opanlng
sesslon of the State Assoclation of Magle
trates In this city by Dr John Koren, of
Moston. who had charge of the laat Unlted
States census on crime.
"Mtltions of dollars are annually ex
pended in New York .?5tate.M sald Dr.
Koren, "for the arrest. trial and Instltu
tlonal treatment of offendera, and it la
important that the atate equlp a bureau
whieh can study the efflelency of the dlf
ferent methods ot dealing wlth erlnil
nala."
Dr. Koren critlcised the tmprisoning of
men for rinancial Inablllty to pay tlnes at
the time of their trial Thls, ba deelared,
la equlvalont to lmprlsonment for d.bt
Other spcaker? were Chlef City ls_gb>
trate Otto Kempner, of Brooklyn. and Dr.
Katherlne B. Davls, Superlntendent of tkO
State Reformatory fot Women at Bed
ford.
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